Feb 08, 2024 By Jon Styf LocalSportsJournal.com The shot is one that Julie Ashbaugh had taken a thousand times. But when the ball swung back to her in the middle of the court near the free-throw line Monday night at Montague, and Ashbaugh sunk the shot for her 1,000th career point, it crea... READ MORE
Feb 08, 2024 MHSAA TEAM WRESTLING DISTRICTS Here are the results from Wednesday night's MHSAA team wrestling district tournaments. Also included is the schedule for tonight's matches. Division 1 - Mona Shores Wednesday Rockford 69, Mona Shores 3 Reeths-Puffer 46, Muskegon 24 Finals Roc... READ MORE
Feb 07, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - Even with foul problems and key players forced to sit out minutes, the Grant girls' basketball team topped Central Montcalm, 43-32, to stay unbeaten in the CSAA on Wednesday. “It was another tough battle for us tonight,” said Grant coach Josh ... READ MORE
Feb 06, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Five players scored in double figures for the Grant boys’ basketball team in an 81-60 win over Tri-County and Tuesday night. Oakley Obenauf paced the Tigers with 21 points, while Zaiden Phillips added 19. Aiden Booth chipped in with 13 and both Kyle Coo... READ MORE
Feb 06, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE - The Grant girls basketball team overpowered Montague for a 48-34 victory on Monday evening. The Tigers opened hot with a 16-3 scoring advantage, but the Wildcats fought back and fired off a 21-9 second-quarter scoring run to trail going into ha... READ MORE
Feb 06, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - The Grant boys basketball team, led by a 23-point performance from Oakley Obenauf, claimed a 68-65 victory over Fremont on Monday. The Packers led 13-9 after the first quarter and 35-32 at halftime. Out of the break, the Packers continued to mai... READ MORE
Feb 04, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Here are the top finishers in the Central States Athletic Association for wrestling. CSAA Wrestling Tournament 1. Chippewa Hills (8-0) 2. Lakeview (7-1) 3. Reed City (6-2) 4. Tri-County (5-3) 5. Kent City (4-4) 6. Grant (3-5) 7. Central Montcalm (2... READ MORE
Jan 28, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY - The Fremont wrestling team, missing key starters, had a tough day at the Shelby Super Duals on Saturday. The Packers got wins against Reeths-Puffer (54-22) and Grant (38-33), but fell to Cedar Springs (63-15), Kent City (51-30) and Pine River (45... READ MORE
Jan 27, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com BIG RAPIDS - The Grant boys basketball team toppled Big Rapids in overtime on Friday night, 68-63. The game was a CSAA matchup. Zaiden Phillips led the Tigers with 26 points, while Blake Rider scored 11 points. Kyle Cook and Lucas Swanson chipp... READ MORE
Jan 18, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - Mia Clemence put together a season-high game to help the Fremont girls basketball team to a 47-41 comeback win over Grant on Wednesday. “We were able to beat a very good and well-coached Grant team with grit, determination and a total team eff... READ MORE
Dec 22, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - The Ravenna boys basketball team put in 32 minutes of solid basketball on Friday night and defeated Grant 62-57. The teams were tied at 18-all after the first quarter, but the Bulldogs pulled ahead from that point and earned the victory. “We sa... READ MORE
Dec 20, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com SPRING LAKE - The Spring Lake girls basketball team scored 47 points over the second and third quarter to put away Grant, 62-37, on Wednesday. Alexa Carter scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while a sharpshooting Ella Andree had 17 points, inclu... READ MORE
Dec 19, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grant boys’ basketball team held on to defeat Newaygo 73-66 on Tuesday night. The Tigers led by 10 points at halftime before Newaygo cut its deficit to 52-49 through three quarters of play. The Lions were paced by Caris Nelson with 17 points and si... READ MORE
Dec 15, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grant boys’ basketball squad dropped a CSAA contest against Reed City 67-49 on Friday night. The contest was deadlocked 10-10 through the opening quarter. The Tigers trailed 33-27 at halftime and 52-36 through three quarters of play. Zaiden Philli... READ MORE
Dec 12, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT – In a battle of the Tigers, it was Grant that prevailed, dominating Shelby in a 79-34 win at home on Tuesday. Things got out of hand early as Grant built a 25-13 lead in the first quarter, extending the differential to 17 points at halftime. Gran... READ MORE
Dec 09, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com LAKEVIEW - The Grant boys basketball team blew past Lakeview with an 82-32 CSAA win on Friday. The Tigers used a balanced attack as nine players tallied points in the win. Zaiden Phillips led the way with 17 points and Ethan DeLong followed with 15... READ MORE
Dec 05, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com HART – A stellar night for Hart senior Blake Weirich didn’t translate into a win for the Pirates as they dropped their third straight game in a 57-54 contest with Grant on Tuesday. Weirich led Hart’s boys in points on the evening with 28, his second... READ MORE
Nov 28, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com Ludington guard David Schillinger kicked off the 2023-24 boys basketball season with a giant night in the Orioles' 82-57 win over Grant on Monday. Schillinger caught fire and hit five 3-pointers in the first half and finished with a game-high 40 points.... READ MORE
Nov 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com BROOKLYN - Hart's Jessica Jazwinski ran to a state title in the Division 3 girls cross country meet on Saturday. Jazwinski finished in 17:08.8, a full 40 seconds ahead of the second-place runner. In the team meet, Jackson Lumen Christi captured... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com Here are the district volleyball scores from Thursday night as well as the pairing for Friday night's district final in Division 4. Division 1 Host: Grand Haven Monday Mona Shores 3, Muskegon 0 Wednesday Mona Shores 3, Cadillac 0 Grand Haven 3, Reet... READ MORE